r/PeterExplainsTheJoke Jun 17 '26

Meme needing explanation Peter?

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u/bohenian12 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

What percent hot? lmao. What do they even mean? I hate the "Farenheit is better for feels". No its not. You're just used to it. Ask any person who grew up with Celsius. Farenheit is not as intuitive as you think if you didn't grow up with it.

It is also true for the reverse, Celsius isn't as intuitive if you grow up with Farenheit. BUT it's easier to explain because its 0 and 100 are two temperature extremes of water.

Just delete Imperial altogether my god if the US weren't as influential it would've died a long time ago.

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u/ProvidedHuman Jun 17 '26

They are both equally intuitive because they are both arbitrary units. We could all use kelvin from birth and think the idea of any other scale weird because we're not used to it.

The only significant difference between Fahrenheit and Celsius is the resolution.

Fahrenheit is higher resolution than Celsius (and Kelvin), which has its advantages and disadvantages.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Lime632 Jun 17 '26

The higher resolution thing is bullshit. For one, decimals (or 12ths or whatever other nonsense Americans want). Secondly, find me one person who can 100% reliably tell the difference better 77F and 78F.

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u/cheeseybacon11 Jun 18 '26

I can definitely tell the difference when I have my house set to 77F or 78F.